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It's been a while since i last uploaded any pictures here, so here comes a few from a recent shoot. All taken with Canon 30D Canon 24-70 2.8L, C&C welcome.

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Pretty cool stuff. Well lit etc, nice angles. I really don't get the gloves at all though.

I was going to say something about it being cold outside, but then she would not have had a t-shirt on but it was a cold day.

#4 rocks, the rest leave me a bit cold (gloves and all)

Yea no 4 is definitely the best. I would have lost the gloves though, makes for an awkward eye-catcher.

Thanks for the comments, nice to hear other people's opinions and now that you mentioned the gloves I can agree they take a bit much focus. Something I have to watch out for the next time.

# 4 is the eye catcher..nice

#4 is best. The gloves are big and distracting. In the first three she looks a little stiff but I still like them. I wanna say you did a fair amount of skin smoothing; yea or nay?

gooble wrote in post #6751619
#4 is best. The gloves are big and distracting. In the first three she looks a little stiff but I still like them. I wanna say you did a fair amount of skin smoothing; yea or nay?

I started with some healingbrush and then a quick run through portraiture, so there is quite a lot skin smoothening yes, do you think it's to much?

Tobias N wrote in post #6751656
I started with some healingbrush and then a quick run through portraiture, so there is quite a lot skin smoothening yes, do you think it's to much?

Yes. Does she have especially bad skin?

My personal opinion on the matter may differ from others but I think less is better. I like to see skin texture and detail to a degree. I don't sharpen it but I don't think it needs to be smoothed into oblivion. What I like to do is heal any obvious blemishes and get rid of any shiny spots if there is any and then add a little soft glow and tailor it to the situation with the opacity slider and if you don't want the glow applied to the whole shot mask it out. The soft glow I use just puts a faint smoothing that lessens harsh creases or wrinkles. On young girls with nice skin it almost isn't needed.

I hate, hate, hate the 'Playboy' smoothed over look. It is so utterly fake looking. The best thing you could probably do is get them to have a good makeup job before the shoot. That would probably handle 90% of any problems. But what do I know I'm no professional.

Edit: just let me add that I don't think you way over did the smoothing. It's really not that bad but I don't like it that much from the start. People do much much worse. #1 is most noticable. The others look good. I may have a different opinon on them if I could see them full size. Can you post one without the skin healing? She is a pretty model BTW.

What is Daffy Duck dressed like batman in the upper right corner of the first photo? Is that a reflex or something......

gooble wrote in post #6751747
Yes. Does she have especially bad skin?

My personal opinion on the matter may differ from others but I think less is better. I like to see skin texture and detail to a degree. I don't sharpen it but I don't think it needs to be smoothed into oblivion. What I like to do is heal any obvious blemishes and get rid of any shiny spots if there is any and then add a little soft glow and tailor it to the situation with the opacity slider and if you don't want the glow applied to the whole shot mask it out. The soft glow I use just puts a faint smoothing that lessens harsh creases or wrinkles. On young girls with nice skin it almost isn't needed.

I hate, hate, hate the 'Playboy' smoothed over look. It is so utterly fake looking. The best thing you could probably do is get them to have a good makeup job before the shoot. That would probably handle 90% of any problems. But what do I know I'm no professional.

Edit: just let me add that I don't think you way over did the smoothing. It's really not that bad but I don't like it that much from the start. People do much much worse. #1 is most noticable. The others look good. I may have a different opinon on them if I could see them full size. Can you post one without the skin healing? She is a pretty model BTW.

Here comes a 100% crop before and after:

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drmanolo wrote in post #6751795
What is Daffy Duck dressed like batman in the upper right corner of the first photo? Is that a reflex or something......

Someone have painted him there, I thought it was a fun little addition to the picture.

Here's what I would do. I'd like yours more if it were pulled back just a little.

Also, looked at some of your pics of Anja and her skin looks great. It didn't look like you did much or anything really.

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You are right, I went a bit to far with the smoothing in these, the picture of Anja i dont think i did much more then some healingbrush. I just have to learn a new technique so i can get rid of portraiture and do it manually instead.